American labor movement

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The American labor movement is a broad social and political effort in the United States that organizes workers to improve wages, working conditions, and labor rights through unions, collective bargaining, and advocacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf labor movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
advocatedRight Social Security ⓘ
anti-discrimination protections ⓘ
child labor restrictions ⓘ
collective bargaining rights ⓘ
eight-hour workday ⓘ
minimum wage laws ⓘ
paid leave ⓘ
unemployment insurance ⓘ
workplace safety regulations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
facesOppositionFrom anti-union legislation ⓘ
employers ⓘ
right-to-work laws ⓘ
hasDemographic farmworkers ⓘ
industrial workers ⓘ
public sector workers ⓘ
service sector workers ⓘ
hasGoal expand labor rights ⓘ
improve wages ⓘ
improve working conditions ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Fight for $15 movement ⓘ
Flint sit-down strike ⓘ
Haymarket affair ⓘ
Homestead Strike ⓘ
Ludlow Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Ludlow strike

Memphis sanitation strike ⓘ
PATCO strike ⓘ
Pullman Strike ⓘ
hasOrganization AFL–CIO ⓘ
American Federation of Labor ⓘ
American Federation of Teachers ⓘ
Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
National Education Association ⓘ
Service Employees International Union ⓘ
Teamsters ⓘ
United Auto Workers ⓘ
United Farm Workers ⓘ
United Mine Workers of America ⓘ
hasTactic boycotts ⓘ
contract negotiations ⓘ
legal challenges ⓘ
mass demonstrations ⓘ
union organizing drives ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
influenced Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
National Labor Relations Act ⓘ
New Deal labor policy ⓘ
Occupational Safety and Health Act ⓘ
influencedBy European labor movements ⓘ
Industrial Revolution in the United States ⓘ
relatedTo civil rights movement ⓘ
immigrant rights movement ⓘ
women's rights movement ⓘ
usesMethod collective bargaining ⓘ
electoral politics ⓘ
lobbying ⓘ
picketing ⓘ
political advocacy ⓘ
strikes ⓘ
union organization ⓘ

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Helen Fabela Chávez → sphereOfInfluence → American labor movement ⓘ
John L. Lewis → movement → American labor movement ⓘ
American Railway Union → partOf → American labor movement ⓘ
George Pullman → hasEffectOn → American labor movement ⓘ
Richard T. Ely → notableWork → The Labor Movement in America ⓘ
linked to: American labor movement
Sidney Hillman → movement → American labor movement ⓘ
Lucille Campbell Green → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ
NFWA → movement → American labor movement ⓘ
César Chávez gravesite → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ
Pretty Boy Floyd → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ
Maud Younger → partOf → American labor movement ⓘ
Rose Pastor Stokes → areaOfInfluence → U.S. labor movement ⓘ
linked to: American labor movement
Textile Workers Union of America → memberOf → American labor movement ⓘ
John Brophy → sphereOfActivity → United States labor movement ⓘ
linked to: American labor movement
Jewish labor movement → influenced → American labor movement ⓘ
Lane Kirkland → partOf → American labor movement ⓘ
George W. Howard → movement → American labor movement ⓘ
National Labor College → regionServed → United States labor movement ⓘ
subject linked to: NLC
linked to: American labor movement
Sean O’Brien → sphereOfActivity → American labor movement ⓘ
No for an Answer → influencedBy → American labor movement ⓘ
Damon Silvers → affiliatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ
Gary Jones → affiliatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company → associatedWith → American labor movement ⓘ
Matewan Massacre → relatedTo → American labor movement ⓘ
Grand Master Workman → usedIn → American labor movement ⓘ
Terence V. Powderly → movement → American labor movement ⓘ
Talking Union and Other Union Songs → influenced → American labor movement ⓘ
Robert Minor → participatedIn → American labor movement ⓘ
American socialist movement → relatedTo → American labor movement ⓘ
UE → movement → American labor movement ⓘ